Battle of the Delaware Capes

Battle of the Delaware Capes
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Illustration of the battle by Irwin John David Bevan, c. 1925
Date	20–21 December 1782
Location	Near the Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean38°57′54″N 74°58′19″W / 38.965°N 74.972°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	United States
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Frederick	John Joyner
Strength
3 frigates	1 frigate ; 2 brigs ; 1 schooner
Casualties and losses
None	6 killed ; 8 wounded ; 530 captured ; 1 frigate captured ; 2 brigs captured

The Battle of the Delaware Capes or the 3rd Battle of Delaware Bay was a naval engagement that was fought off the Delaware River towards the end of the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place on 20 and 21 December 1782, some three weeks after the signing of the preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and the former American colonies. It was an engagement between three British Royal Navy frigates HMS Diomede, Quebec and Astraea, that battled the South Carolina Navy's 40-gun frigate South Carolina, the brigs Hope and Constance, and the schooner Seagrove on the other. The British were victorious, with only Seagrove escaping capture.